The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1864. The Moniteur is M. TRIERS' justification. That is—if he needs justification. Such, however, we our selves do not conceive to have become in any way necessary. And, if for no other reason, for this— that his Majesty the EMPEROR was himself the one to take the initiative in the revival of the agitation of the grand constitutional question of Reform. NAPOLEON 111., and no other than NAPOLEON 111. took the initiative thus—it is only fair to remember it—quite spontaneously. He voluntarily—in obedi ence to no pressure from without—of his own free - will—of course in the interests of his dynasty, but from whatever motive, we repeat, it was the French EMPEROR himself who quite spontaneously revived, about a year ago, in the stagnant political atmo sphere which Frenchmen had been doomed, until then, to breathe ever since the date of the coup ditat, the first refreshing gusts of returning Freedom. That Freedom 'of some kind has already, indeed, returned to France at the bidding of the EM PEROR, itto proved by a variety of facts, facts visible on all hands, feats beyond the reach of con tradiction. Why, it is, for that matter, proved to absolute demonstration by the very speech just now delivered from the Legislative tribune by M. TRIERS, as the mouthpiece of the Op position. That noble and, in many respects, dauntless oration is demonstrative of itself that freedom of discussion to no inconsiderable ex tent has, even now, been assured to France, by the will, at the instance, in compliance with the personal suggestion, of the despotic ruler who holds, the while, within his single grasp, within the vigorous and delicate grasp, of his strorg right hand, the whole of the accumulated reins of the Imperial Government. Thanks to his common sense regard for his own dynastic interests, if for no other loftier or less selfish reason, Franco is already tasting the reinvigorating sweets of return • in g Liberty of various kinds. Liberty of Represen tation—proved by the result of the elections, more especially by the return of the Opposition candi dates throughout the arrondissements of Paris, wit tout one sodtary exception I Liberty of Spzech— proved by this very Oration of M. THIERs, an oration delivered by him even from the tribune of the Corps Legislatif, under the Presidency of a high official as imperially fastidious as M. Le Due DE MORNY ! Freedom of the Press—ex. gr. the verbatim report of that hold, manly, thoroughly outspoken harangue of M. TRIERS, as given, 2:135i531712a verba, in the columns of the Moniteur! Let it be borne in mind that this speech of M. THIERs is one characterised "S SILKS a LYON.—Every Art jls—Corny fierce takes its title either from the invei - nanufactu ter, and the more perfect the productic grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of idea Lion in I:lig-land ; but the fallacy of such an assertion posed by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited 1 _ _ . ti flul s ex- Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following* interwoven mark may be seen at tl ()teach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., I Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. to end ,Lyon THE MODERN AUGUSTUS, or The Lie of a Lifetime, in FUN This Week.—One Penny. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyae and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with (10th time) an en tirely new Oper,tta, entit'ed FA.NCEETTE. Miss Louisa Yyno and Vir. W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on, a s3ale of unprecedented magnificence, F ntitled lIALILEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. DDors open at half-past Six— ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL I) <<U It Y-L A N :E. Managers, 3lebsrs,Edmond Falconer :And I'. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will r ommenr,e with the New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Fr.lconer, entitled NIGHT AND MO R,N. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fr zj smes, and Misses It. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of, th,: World. Clowns, 3,dessrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, 3lessrs. W. A. Barnes and J. aiorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. _ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Undc r the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE M:ONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated }.very Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: 7'llessrs. it "Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, M•>reland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezlercl, Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. 'ter whi-ch, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love ototi, in Twelve Tabieaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chmaicle -," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ]l. y Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, 7'.goti;,:tam, Emery, Raymond , ,lert, Sims ; Bliss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occul )ants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or ft n* the safe keeping of hat • and cloaks, and at the attend= is in all parts of the house are forbidden to i;,lceive any gratn ities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Sole L.?ssee and Mana,zer, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, tullentord, &c. ; 3leschunes Angel, 'Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, aac Alter which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. C,iipoendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. icle of by no ordinary boldness. It is, in some sense, a great nor i he liberal manifesto. It is, in its whole purports directly in harmony with that most noble, and, indeed, we would even go so far as to say, most affect ing peroration of ADOLPHE THIERS' " Histoire du Consulat et de i'Empire," the closing words, the crowning thought of that grand historic master piece —worthy at once of the genius of the histo rian, and of the glory of his Hero—where M. THIERS completes the record of the wondrous career of NAPOLEON THE GREAT with—A Cry for Liberty ! And:he is consistent—not only in echo ing now, with his eloquent lips, that cry from the depths of his soul, inscribed in immortal words by his no less eloquent pen upon the tablets of History —he is consistent in identifying always with his full and earnest appreciation of the Child of the Revolu tion, his own persevering advocacy of those liberal principles which it was the office of the Revolution to inaugurate, and of which principles NAPOLEON, as the great Revolution's Child and Champion, was, in the very truest sense, the living incarnation. They are no idle words, we may be certain, these words addressed to the French Legislature by M. TRIERS on Monday, and published in extenso immediately afterwards—not suppressed as in discreet, but printed verbatim et literatina—in the columns of the Moniteur. Words, thoughts, con victions, the weighty imrort of which are com pressed within the compass of the final sentence of M. TRIERS' harangue—that last (accordingly as it may be received between the Nation and the EMPEROR) tither formidable or auspicious sentence in which M.THIERS said," Let it never be forgotten that France, scarcely awakened, and with whom the exaggeration of desire is so prompt, if she now allows it be asked for in a deferential and respectful manner, may, perhaps, one day exact it." Or, to give the very words in which this burning truth fell from the great orator's tongue :—" Qu'on ne l'oublie pas, toutefois, ce pays a peine eveille, ce pays si bouillant et chez qui l'exageration du deair est si prea dn re veil, s'il permet aujourd'hui qu'on demande pour lui d'uue maniere deferente et respectueuse, un jour petit etre ii exigera !" The literal truth of which assur ance who is there in the wide world who shall gainsay ? Certainly, for one—not the French Eat • PER OR ! With his judgment chastened in the school of adversity—with his intelligence, naturally large and keen, enlarged by reflecticn and rendered more penetrant by experience —with his dynasty to consalidate, with his throne to strengthen, with his son's interests to cherish and conserve, with every conceivable inducement impelling him to undertake the realisation of the designs he himself has been the first to indicate as lying before him in the Path of his Duty—NAPO LEON 111. can only be in doubt, now, can only be disposed yet to hesitate, as to the time at which, as to the proportions in which, the imperial institu tions of France under his rule shall be widened, deepened, elevated, according to his own projected scheme for their wise and constitu tionally liberal development. Already he him self has put his hand to the work of this development. Hence, in simplest truth, as a pure matter of fact—an Opposition has been called into existence in the bosom of the Imperial Legis lature ! Hence—all Paris has been enabled to return the popular candidates, by preference to the candidates proposed for its acceptance by Govern ment ! Hence—radiantly conspicuous at the head of that compact bat powerful Opposition, appears the oratorical and statesmanlike genius of M. TmEr.s, the genius of that indepen dent and patriotic historian who, having raised as it were a Temple of Fame, are perennius, to the glory of NAPOLEON, did so appa rently in order that from the topmast pinnacle of it, he might all the more effectively, in accents that will resound through the hereafter, raise that one dominant cry of his soul, that Cry for Liberty. The news from New Zealand is important, and on the whole satisfactory, although in one respect It leaves room for regret. The natives have suc ceeded in evacuating their stronghold at Mere- Mere without coming into collision with the troops, and notwithstanding loss of life has been thereby avoided, the advantage of gaining a decided victory over them has been consequently lost. It will be remembered that the Maories strongly entrenched at a place called Mere-Mere, which was protected in front by the river and in the rear by a labyrinth of swamps and marshes. At this spot General CAME RON had concentrated his forces, resolved by a grand coup to reduce the natives to submission, and an attack was daily expected when the last news left. It seems that the new iron steam gunboat lately arrived from Australia arrived at the Waikato Heads at the close of October, and occupied her appointed position facing Mere-Mere. The Maories endea voured to oppose this proceeding,and used their guns with so much skill as to give rise to a suspicion that they were directed by Europeans. The iron clad vessel, however,was proof against their salutes, and remained ready for farther operations. The gunboats already on the spot commanded the river and a small stream adjoining, so that it was con cluded that the Maories would endeavour to retreat by the land, and accordingly the ironclad steamer proceeded a few miles up the river to land a de tachment of troops so as to frustrate any such at tempt. Ac attack was immediately made by the natives on this position, but without success, and arrangements were made for a united attack the next day en the entrenchment from which it was supposed that all means of retreat had been com pletely cut off. Native subtlety, however, and an unthought of contingenoy frustrated the General's plane, for before the appointed hour for the assault, Mere-Mere was deserted, without, it is said, the loss of a single man. The condition of the river had not been taken into consideration, its swollen state having converted the swamps into highroads for the native canoes. It is said in one account that they were seen taking their flight in 18 canoes, but could not be followed. It is certainly im probable that the British forces had any boats of sufficiently light draught to be able to pursue them, while the skill of the natives in such a case would of course be far superior, and would probably have enabled them to baffle their pur suers, had their designs been discovered earlier. It is a further proof of the quickness and handi ness of the Maories, and their readiness in taking advantage of any chance that may arise in their favour. It is certainly a great thing that they should be dislodged from their strongholds, which is now in the hands of our troops, who have taken possession of three pieces of cannon left there, thus depriving the Maories of one of their moat formidable resources. The body of z.atives who were encamped at Mere-Mere have disap peared from sight, having probably dispersed, but the experience now gained by our men in bush warfare, and the m eccas of the flying columns recently organised, gives no ground' for hoping that they will, before long, be forced to lay down their arms. The difficulties they must experience in procuring food in the bush, com pared with the arrangements for the supply of our troops, adds another to our chances of speedy success. One very satisfactory par: of the intel ligence brought by this mail is tc.e unanimous resolution, in official quarters, tq prosecute the Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TTTCRER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know Nwlat to do . DUI THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI, sole Proorlator and Manager, Mz. B. Webster. kll THIS EVENING-, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, A t to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven 23Iagiu Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolp:ar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Jose,hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. 1I! the BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 90th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAFI. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Baternan's imperso nation of the prhLcipal charac er in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MA THEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phel, , s, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 18R;; or, the Sensation 4 of the I'ast Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr..T. L. Tonle, Mr. Paul Bedford. and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mataews. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTUKES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF 'IHE PAST SEASON. 'ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 01I.ANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carsoa. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM Our. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING L'VTELLIGENCE, 3311 be had .Every Evening of G. It. GLI4:NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA:.—'Morning, sh. 40m.—Afternoon, 6h. 3m. o-monr.ow.-Morning, 6h. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 48m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. l4, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 42 Barometer-30.32. Wind—N.•E. ; moderate, and hazy. Ns 4 .- oft. y \ -re*? SEIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1861, war with promptitude and vigour. The War and Peace parties in the House of Representatives have not only agreed but combined a new Ministry uniting the leaders of both sides. It is at length admitted by all that a strong hand is needed to secure the lives and property of the settlers. Either the settlements must be abandoned, or the Waikatos must be disarmed and dispersed. The necessary severity may and must be matter of regret, but the alternative leaves no choice. It must be remembered, too, that the hostilities are entirely of the Maories' own causing—the only fault of our Government having been of late a too great eager ness to conciliate and concede. There was, un doubtedly, a good deal of mismanagement about the occupation of the land in the Waikato district, more especially with regard to the Tatairamaka block ; but the charge of causeless bloodshed must certainly rest on the heads of the natives, who have followed up their barbarous commencement by committing eighteen murders within the last month of which we have any intelligence. The confiscation of the native land at Waikato and Taranaki has been re solved upon ; and, indeed, no other course holds out the smallest promise of peace. The disarmament of the natives is another necessary step, R hile the proposed military settlements will afford substantial protection to the colonists, and will retain the con fiscated lands with a firm grasp. Roads are to be carried farther into the country, thus depriving the natives of their principal strongholds—the swamps, marshes, and bush lands. It is satisfactory to find that in other districts the Maories, probably owing to the discomfiture of the natives at Waikato, are on friendly terms with the settlers. A resolute settlement of this affair will be of incalculable ad vantage to all the settlements of New Zealand. Half measures now would be most mistaken mercy —they would be cruel alike to colonist and native; denying the former that support and protection which he has a right to claim from his Government, and encouraging the latter to the prosecution of a struggle which, if maintained, must end in their total extermination. The Maories are by nature a very superior race to the generality of aborigines, and the aptitude they have shown in acquiritg European tactics prove that they are capable of a high degree of cultivation. If they can be made to lay down their arms and live peaceably with the settlers, it is possible that they may rise in the scale of races; but it is very certein that they must now be reduced to unqualified submission, if we hope to retain a footing in the colony. No sooner do our artillery contrive guns capable of penetrating all existing armour plating than some newly-devised plan for protecting vessels is Projected. While Mr.REED is contending that no shot can penetrate his Bellerophon target, which, by the way, has never yet been subjected to the ordeal of a fair trial, namely, such as the Warrior target has undergone, Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG claims for his monster six hundred and ten pounder a complete triumph, inasmuch that with a single shell he destroyed the aforesaid target at a range of four thousand yards. Yet again last Friday a trial took place at Shoeburyness with the old sixty eights, which proved that after all the money and labour expended on these new guns the old service gun can be as effective against armour plates as any of the new inventions. The only difference made is that instead of a cast-iron spherical projectile being employed a steel one of the same form and weight has been substituted. The result has been that where the cast-iron hall made only a slight indentation the steel shot penetrated the four and a half inch plating and sunk into the teak backing. It was considered, however, by those present that had the charge but been slightly augmented the target would have been broken through, and this, too, with a spherical shot, the worst possible form of projectile for penetrating armour plating. We have no doubt that if flat-headed bolts, so cone strutted as to carry true to their mark, were sub stituted, the penetration, even with the ordinary Isixteen pound charge of powder, would be easy. Let it not, however, be supposed that the substitu tion of steel for iron is any grand discovery of the Lords of the Admiralty or dockyard authorities. Such a proposition may have been made to them a year or so ago, but of what avail would that have been ? What has awakened the Government of England to the importance of steel shot is the fact that a leading firm in Sheffield, Messrs. JOHN BROWN and Co., Atlas Steel and Iron Works, have been for some time past manufacturing such - projectiles for the Russian and other Governments, while Messrs. BLAKELY and Co. are providing the same Governments with guns equal to any yet tried at Shoeburyness or elsewhere. Let us console our selves, however, on the principle of better late than never ; and if the Admiralty have been dilatory in some respects, and shown undue partiality to cer tain parties, to the detriment of the interests of the country, they have been active enough in ex perimenting on iron plated targets, and in the construction of experimental fleets at an enormous cost. We have considerable doubts as to the effi ciency of ironclads for general purposes, but such as they are, England can boast to have sent to sea the finest anet e largest ironclads yet ,afloat. What the Americans will do hereafter time will show. The Secretary of their navy stated the other day that the class of vessels which were required to contend with England in a forthcoming war would require to be of such dimensions as would enable them to carry any requisite thickness of armour, large storage for coals, powerful engines, and guns of the heaviest calibre. The expense of such ves sels, however, he observes, would be so heavy, that he could not give the order for the construction even of one without the sanction of Congress. From such statistics, coming from such a quarter, we are led to suppose that the forthcoming navy will he so many ironclad Great Easterns, and we expect that a like ill success awaits them. The late statement regarding the repulse of the monitors in the attack on Charleston shows clearly that this class of ves sels are useless when contending against heavy forts, and we expect that the like re sults would follow an engagement with a heavily armed frigate, the concentration of whose fire would soon place the armadilla hors de combat. Of what avail are turrets, bomb-proof though, they be, if an unlucky shot deprives them of all motive power. The Americans have just launched, after considerable difficulty, their last naval chef d'ceuvre, the Dictator. She is 314 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth, and 221 feet deep. Her armour is 11 inches in thickness, with 3 feet of oak to back it. She is provided with a revolving turret 27 feet diameter, composed of iron 18 inches thick, in which will be placed two 13-inch guns, carrying projectiles weighing 304 pounds. Is thi s what armour plating is to come to ? True, the leviathan is provided with a formidable beak, to enable her to aet as a ram, but even then only two guns for all that armour-plating. costly engines, and heavy working expenses—why each shot that she fires will cost the States some 100,000 dollars, unless she be almost constantly in action. We might almost exclaim with Prince HAL, "Only one halfpenny worth of bread to all that Sack I" Ali the nations of Europe are now provided with rifled cannon, and all the maritime ones are possessed of ;or soon will be) guns which will be able to pene- irate any ordinary armour-plating. It is more than doubtful if the Dictator's eleven-inch plates would I LATEST IN'TELLIGEN'CE. withstand the shock of BLAKELY'S 800 pounders, or ARMSTRONG'S 600 pounders. But we have yet to learn whether monster guns or shot-proof sides could resist British seamen when the cry was, "Boarders, away," This experiment has yet to be made, and when that trial comes off, we expect the result will be something more than a burst gun or a shattered target. Let us then pay every attention to the build and speed of our ships, and their ag gressive powers, rather than waste time and money in trying to find out how best to keep oat of dan ger. A fast ship can either force or decline an en gagement; a slow one, however strong, cannot run away from, nor yet can she overtake, her enemy. [REITTER'S TELEGRAM.] AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 14. It is asserted that Count Rechberg addressed a circular note the day before yesterday to all the German States formally requesting that the Federal Diet shou d strictly observe the limits of ito competency. Should it go beyond these limits in the question of the succ,ssion to the Duchies the two great German powers would be. compelled to settle that question themselves. TILE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION, NEUMUNSTER, JAN. 13 (Evening), A meeting of 80 clergyme❑ have resolved to for ward an address to the Federal Diet, requesting the recognition of Duke Frederick. It was also resolved to send a deputation from all the parishes to Duke Frederick, an Friday next, to present a reply from the German clergy to his address. KIEL, JAN. 13. Duke Frederick received several persons of dis tinction to-day, and among them Count Reventlow Farve, who had hitherto held aloof. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 13. The official Gazette of to..day publishes a Royal ordinance authorising the Spanish financial com mittees abroad to receive proposals for the auctions of the Ist and 2d Interior Passive Debt, and the Foreign Passive Debt. MADRID, JAN. 14. The Paitica asserts that the English Ambassador has presented a despatch to the Spanish Govern ment, requesting a settlement of the question of the English certificates of the Passive Debt. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. PARIS, SAN. 14. M. Limayrac in this morning's Constitutionncl d wells upon the reception given in Germany to the proposal of a Conference to settle the Schles wig-Holstein dispute. " This reception is a proof how just were the remarks previously made as to its impossibility." It is reported that England has proposed mediation. M. Limayrac considers this proposal will encounter more objections even than a Conference, especially in Germany. He points out the difficulties in the way of mediation, while hoping they may not be unsurmountable. The decree stating the conditions of the new loan was published this morning. The public subscription will remain open from the 18th to the 25th January. The issue price will be 66.30. Interest will be reckoned from the Ist January. Subscriptions of 6 francs rente will not be subject to deduction. One-tenth of the amount taken is to be paid at the time of subscription, and the remainder in ten equal instalments on the 21st of each month. A bonus of 4 per cent. will be allowed on all instalments paid in advance. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here. She brings 66 passengers, £2,429 in specie, and 126 packages of cargo. Sir Moses Montefiore left Gibraltar on the 6th for Saffi, in her Majesty's frigate Magicienne, which was placed at his disposal. Sir Moses Montefiore proceeds to Saffi for the purpose of seeking an interview with the Sultan of Morccco, to obtain the asmiranca that the Jewish subjects of the Sultan shall enjoy throughout his dominions equal rights with Niahometan subjects. Exchange on London at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. was quoted 504- for 90 days' sight; on Paris, 5 27 ; on Madrid, 8 days' sight, 1 prem. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 13.—The market continues heavy, and speculators still refrain from anything like operations of consequence. Quotations are at the same time pretty well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 75c., and Mobilier at 1,030 fr. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 20 00. end month.., 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1022 50 Do. end month 1026 25 Bank Shares 3300 Credit k oncier 1235 50 Roman .. 74i Italian Loan 6B 75 Do. end month 59 15 New ditto — Do. end mouth —. Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.., — Ho'3o Debt Deferred BAIL Orleans rAYS. Cash. Account. 992 50 .. 992 50 950 .. 955 Northern .... New ditto — .. Lyons, and bleditsnansan 935 .. 942 50 Now ditto S althorn 655 .. 660 NVe:3tern Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian .. Lon.hard .. 520 .. 521 25 North of Spain Saragossa 590 .. 593 75 Ditto to Barcelona MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 2d ; barley, 31s 7d ; oats, 18s 8d; rye, 29s 7d ; beans, 34s 2d ; and peas, 33s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 40s 7d; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 30s 4d ; beans, 34s 6d ; peas, 33s 7d. - - ENGLISH. GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 87,369; barley, 77,402 ; oats, 12,359; rye, 75; beans, 3,343; peas, 987 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in our market, to-day, was very moderate. Prime Scots change hands somewhat freely, at lull quotations. Otherwise the beef trade was in a slug gish state, on former terms. We were fairly supplied with most breeds of sheep. Downs and half-breds commanded full prices, with a fair demand, but heavy breeds wore a slow sale, at late rates. The top figure was 6s. per 81be. There was only a moderate enquiry for calves, at Monday's cur rency—from 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs. The pork trade was steady, on former terms ; bat mulch cows were almost nominal in value. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. S. d. e. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, 4 10 6 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 0 Suckling calves, 14a to 203 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. _ Beasts .... Cows l2O Sheep Calves Pigs s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 8 Pme.S'thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 iSmall porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. 212 Sheep and lambs 1,230 Calves .. 91 Pigs ME AT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENRALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand has somewhat improved. BEef, trom 28 10d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3a 10d to 4s Od ; veal, 3a 8d to 4s Gd ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jau. 13.—The sup?lies of stock were moderate, ano the demand ruled inactive, on rather lower terms. Beet, from 3s 84 to 4s 1;)d; mutton, 4s 2d to Gs Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od I o Os Od ; and pork, Od to 4s 84 per Blbs, to sink the offal. Romroßn, ,Tan. 13.—Every kind of stock roov2d off slowly as follows :---Beaf, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Gs 01; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Gd per 811 3 s; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and mild., cows, £l4 to £l3 Os each, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, LI Os to £1 10s per load. Trade dull. _ _ _ CUMBEItLAND..—MeaiIow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to 10s per load. A slow sale. WHIT CHAPEL .—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to L 5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 GS to p. lOs per load. Supply moderate. WHAT ARE THE REDS ABOUT ? At this moment, sayS the Spectator, the Reds are all as busy as birds before a storm. They see, or think they see, that war is coming in spring, a war out of which Austria cannot keep, a war in which Louis Napoleon must overtly or secretly be on the Mazzinian side. Consequently, all the signs of disturbances to be raised from below are coming in thick and fast. The Venetian Committee, which, alas! has no longer Mania for chief, warns its followers to be ready for action by the middle of March. Garibaldi, with that contempt for true freedom which makes him as dangerous as he is single-minded, has thrown up his seat in Parliament because the representatives of the nation chose to condone—not, mind, to sanction—the severity used in Sicily to enforce the conscription, and in defiance of law has announced his intention of levyin g war f or Rome and Venic e . H e i s apply ing Once more for e a million of muskets," and though he will not get a million, he will get the means to purchase thirty thousand weapons rejected from the State armouries, and perhaps ten thousand good rifles from Liege. The Neapolitans will follow him wherever he leads, and either on the Danube, or in front of the Quadrilateral, this single man throws the force of a considerable State on the side of the Revolution. He may be acting with Victor Emmanuel, who is tired of deficits and longs for an opportunity ; but if he were, he would scarcely apply to Victor Hugo for muskets, and acting alone, he is simply .a , new and exceed ingly formidable element of disturbance, a perma nent menace to the Parliament, which in its calm patience and fixed resolve so admirably represents Italy. Every hour of foreign domination in the Peninsula is an injury to the world ; but it is for the nation and not for an individual to fix the time and the means for snapping the last links of the chain. We all live in an age of electric telegraphs, but the cause which has outlived the Bourbons may well afford to wait a few more months% Kossuth is another element of disturbance. Ho is no professional agitator, no do we dream of piecing him in the same category with Mazziui. He represents a nation still without free institu tions, and has a right, therefore, to point out the hour which he thinks opportune for action. But he has no right whatever to threaten such Hunga rians as may agree with his views with the " penalty inflicted upon traitors," that is, death, nor to announce that his committee " is determined to secure obedience to its orders and the accomplish ment of the measures it must take." Those sen tences point to terror, and terror is as vile en in strument in the hands of the Reds as in those of the Kings. It is also, we have admitted, as successful a one, and Louis Kossuth as he condescends, contrary to his own better nature, to use it, may raise a most formidable re sistance to the Austrian Government. The result of that, as of all Red movements, will we fear be disastrous, for the fear of a Hungarian rising will compel Austria to abandon the attack upon Den mark; and Hungary—which during a general war might have obtained her own terms — will only be brought once more face to face with with her old antagonists. The preparations once made, it is as easy for the Austrian Government to precipitate the revolt as it was for the Russian, and another chance for Hungary will have been thrown away. Still the Red's, as we have said, are far stronger than ever they were; and in Hungary, as in Italy, if not also in France and Germany, states men, amidst all other complications, have to reckon with that great element of disturbance which, till the nationalities are freed, calls itself very wisely the New Revolution. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP HUGHES. A telegraphic despatch in our yesterday's impres sion announced the death of one of the most remark able men in the United States—a man distinguished not only for his enthusiastic devotion to his peculiar faith, which he propagated with Hibernian ardour, and with a success denied to his countrymen at home, but also for his eminent political position. Archbishop John Hughes was, in Lis way, a greater man than President Lincoln. 0 bvicusly superior to the President in intellect and judgment, he could command the votes of thousands of Irish and German Catholics in support of, or in opposi tion to, the successor of Washington. John Hughes, according to the follow ing account of him, as given in the Morn ing Post, was born in Ireland in 1798. At 18 he went to America, and was a student at the seminary Mary, Emmettsbu r g, Mary land.AoftfeArlobuenintgSt.ordained priest he obtained charge of a Catholic community in Phila delphia. In 1834 he first became known by his controversy with Dr. Breckenridge, a Presbyterian. In 1838 Dr. Hughes was appointed bishop of the Catholics in New York, and in 1853 he was nominated archbishop. In 185 i he was one of the prelates of his persuasion Rho accepted the Pope's invitation to a congress in honour of what was called the " Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin," of which new dogma was a stanch adherent. Archbishop Hughes There can be no doubt that, under the energetic guidance of Archbishop Hughes the Catholics have attained alm os t a troublesome height l of power in N ew Y or k . Hi s energy has been un flagging, an d th ere can b e no question of his per fect sincerity and earnestness. He has manoeuvred Presbyterians out of their chapels, and it is a great discredit to the Church to say that he has been doing his best to get hold even of the old-esta blished churches of the Anglican communion, the " well-endowed rectors" of which may perhaps be not so active in defending the right as their aggres- sore. But it would be a great mistake to suppose that Archbishop Hughes was only an ambitious and suc cessful prelate. He was au ardentpolitician, a wire puller, a Cabinet maker. Presideiit -Lincoln sent him on a con c ili a t ory errand to England and France during this prese n t c i v i l war. In France he was re ceived with empressment, of course, but the here tical English saw no reason to care for the opinion or advice of a Catholic prelate ex partzbus. During the riots of New York the archbishop ad dressed the rioters in a very inflammatory speech, derogatory to his position a s an o fficial of any com munion. It o ug h t to be noted that the archbishop's voice was not for an insane prosecution of a war which may never end. N ot man y months ago, on the consecration of a Catholic p l a ce of worship , he said that " a legitimate prayer now would b e to both stop the effusion of blood --to pray for mercy for sides of th e line, that God in His bount iful Provi dence mi g ht bring this unhaprY s tate of affairs to the Pope add ressed letters to a gloriou s c onclusion. " It may be r emembered that a rchbishops of his Church resident i n Now y or ic and New Orleans respectively, ezPressiv o o f hi s wish for the cessation of this str ugg l e among Christian brethren.hes wa s Archbishop Hughes in 1840 warmly opposed in Ameri insisted that sc h ools should no; ca ; he to the system o f public instrucl i nn be sustained by the public taxes, or t h at a certain O hara should be paid to all individually —the archbio"P objecting to the reading of Scrip ture in the not i ona l sc h oo l s . He was also auth or of " Lectures on the Moral Causes , which have produced the evil Spirit of the Times," " ri D e b ate b efore the C o mmon Council of A Review of the Lectures of K er i van " (1855), 4l The Proprietorship New York on th e S chool Fund, " " of Church Property" (18551, ss. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Yesterday at Portsmouth some firing took place at armour-plates with cast iron, wrought iron, case hardened, and steel shot, from the 115ewt.68 pounder and Armstrong 100 pounder, muzzle loading, smooth bore guns, which was exceedingly interesting, al though the experiments were considerably shortened by the state of the weather, which, settling down into a thick drizzling rain soon after 2 p.m.. so limited the range of vision, that any further firing was postponed until this morning, when it will be resumed and concluded, weather permitting. The target ship Monarch has been placed at the practice moorings in Porchester creek in order to test a 5 : 1,- inch plate sent in by the Mersey Steel Ironworks for the iron frigate Agincourt, and advantage web therefore taken of the opportunity to test some steel and wrought iron sleet at the same time. The plate sent in by the Mersey Company had three cast iron shots fired at it from the 68 pounder with 16tbs. of powder, which produced the usual indents of nearly two inches in the centre of the place struck, and then broke up into a thousand fragments. The plate was found to crack in the immediate vicinity of the blows, owing to its evident hardness, but the general results of these three shot, were such as are seen on most ordinary testing trials of wrought iron armour plates fired at with cast iron balls. The fourth and fifth shots at the same plate were fired from the Armstrong smoothbore with a charge of 25ibs. of powder, the shots being composed of Bes semer steel, manufactured by the Bolton Steel Works Company, and weighing respectively 113. b. and 1141 b. Both these struck on the lower edge of the plate, one 4in. the other Sin, on, and cutting through the plate's outer surface broke away its back in large irregular pieces, driving the whole of the fragments into the ship. On inspecting the inside of the ship a large gap was found through the planking, timbers, and deck, and the gun deck covered with a mass of wooden splinters. On examining the hold below fragments of the two shots were found to have gone through the ship's lining and lodged in the timbers on the opposite side. The next shot, of the same description es the last two, was fired from the same gun with a similar charge of powder. This shot struck the plate fairly in the centre, and cut its way through the plate's outer face with a hole 10in. in diameter, carried away large portions of metal from the plate's back, and drove them into the ship's side, the shot remaining embedded in the mass of broken iron and ship's planking and tim bers, with its outer surface nearly two inches below the plate's outer surface. Inside the ship the tim bers and planking were found to be broken and driven inwards at the deepest part 12in. beyond the plane of the ship's side in a space 4ft. long by 2ft. 3in. wide. The ship's side altogether in this specs was nearly destroyed, The succeeding shot was di- rected at the same plate from the same gun, and with a similar charge of powder, but the shot was somewhat differently manufactured. It had been supplied by Messrs. Frith and Co., of Sheffield, and weighed about 11b. more than the Bolton company's shot. It was of steel, bat not of the Bessemer manu facture. This shot struck the plate fairly, and buried itself below the plate's outer surface in a hole with a diameter df 10in., opening a semi-circular fissure round the hole which extended right through the plate to its upper edge, and evidently tore away large slabs from the back of the plate. This was the most mischievous looking shot of the whole, and it was a matter of wonder on being first examined from the outside of the ship that it had not gone right through the ship's side. On examining the in side of the ship, the shot was found to have struck in front of a massive wooden knee, and this had evi dently held up the planking and timbers in their position and prevented the shot enteting the interior of the ship. In performing this duty, however, the knee was split up and shattered from top to bottom. The last shot fired was from the 95 cwt. smooth bore, the shot being of wrought iron and case har dened, and fired with the usual service charge of powder of 161 b. This shot was sent against a 4i-in. plate, which it struck.:on its lower edge. It broke away about 4in., the piece so broken being semicir cular, and measuring along the arc 33in. This ex tent of mischief done, the shot rebounded from the plate into the water. A short time since and the amount of damage inflicted by this wrought-iron shot would have been thought very serious. Now, however, that the destroying powers of steel shot have been ascertained, case-hardened wrought-iron shot can rank but little higher than ordinary cast iron shot. The firing yesterday, and also oa a pre vicius occasion at Portsmouth, have demonstrated clearly the peculiar feature of the steel shot in cut- ting its way in through the outer surface of the plate, and then utterly destroying and ripping off its back layers of metal, and driving into and through the ship's side the broken fragments of iron. The introduction of spherical steel shot for the de struction of ironclad ships, has, doubtless, given the gun a vast advantage in the long-fought battle of guns and armour plates. Of such advantage is it, indeed, that nothing remains for it but to doub e the thickness of our future ship armour, and even then the contest would not long be in favour of the armour-plate. There is no doubt that even with our present knowledge the Warrior's 43-in. armour plates could be pierced at 1,000 yards by spherical - - steel shot fired from our 100-pounder smooth-bore guns with their full allowance of powder charge-33lbs. lesterday this gun was only fired (at 200 yards certainly) with 251 b. charges. The last plate fired at from this same gun with steel shot was a 51-inch of Mill- wall manufacture, and this was pierced through, as was the plate yesterday, by single shots. This plate has been removed from the target• ship's side, and yesterday the boat's crew, which went to and To between the gunboat and the target ship, passed .nto the target ship from their boat through the aole caused by a single shot which had passed first :hrough a sound 51-inch armour plate. The Japanese might possibly teach us how to build a ship of paper which should be non-inflammable, and at the same time allow shot or shell to pass in at one side and out again at the other without throwing off splinters or doing other serious damage. The Lyra, 9 guns. screw sloop, Commander Parr, left Spitnead at 7 a.m. yesterday for Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. The Hector, iron frigate, was commissioned at Portsmouth yesterday by Copt. G. W. Preedy, C. 13. The Victoria, three-decker, 1,000 horse power, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and taken into the old basin to prepare for commission. The Orontes, screw troop ship, Capt. H. W. Hire, at Portsmouth, it has been discovered, possesses a defective fore crank in her new machinery. She is ordered to be supplied with a new one. If detained in port for this, her services will not be available to the Admiralty for some time. It is, however, pro bable that she will be temporarily fitted with a crank fronaJone of the ships lying in the reserve. The Channel squadron, consisting of the Edgar, 71, Capt. Hornby, and bearing the flag of Rear Admiral J. C. Dacres; the Warrior, 41, Capt. Cochrane; the Black Prince, 41, Capt. Wainwright ; and th. Defence, 16, Capt. Philiimore, arrived at Madeira on the 26th ult., after an excellent passage of seven days from England, principally under sail. The iron ships surprised every one. They rolled only three degrees more than the Edgar, and were not in ferior to that vessel in their sailing qualities with their screws lifted—the Edgar, Black Prince, and Warrior keeping time unthr equal sail, and going frequently at the rate of nine and t:n knots an hoar. Lord Brownlow, Mr. Bayrnan, and Mr. Erskine gave a grand ball to the officers of the squadron on the day after Christmas, and the Portuguese inha bitants gave a similar entertainment on the follow ing night. The squadron arrived at Tenneriffe on the 2S, after a passage of three days, and sailed 16r Gibraltar on the sth. THE NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLE T AND PROVI DENT INSTITUTION.— With pleasure we observe that J. B. Buckstone, Esq., the generous lessee of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, has granted the above insti tution three benefit evenings at that theatre, and we trust that the trade and the public will, without'delay, secure their tickets (which aro available for either the 19th, 20th, or 21st inst.), and thereby add to the funds of this deserving institution, which is established for pensioning or relieving decayed id newsvenders, their wows, vauts.or ser- oon grat) 'tittitflgt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 1 3 . The Queen went to Frognaore this morning t° take leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and left at a quarter past one o'clock for Osborne. Her Majesty travelled by special train ou t he Great Western Railway to B asingstoke. Departure of the Queen for Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen and their Royal High' /losses Princesses Helena and Beatrice visited the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant sort yesterday morning, and lunched et Frowner ° House, after which, having previously taken leave of the Princess of Wales, her Majesty, accompanie d by the Prince of Wales, and Princesses Helena and Beatrice, drove from Frogmore in a close carriage, followed by the prince's carriage, to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, where a special train, furnished by the London and South ,. Western Railway (and to which was attached th e royal state saloon), was in readiness to convey he r Mj,sty to Gosport, en route for Osborne. On alighting, her Majesty, leaning on the sr% of the Prince of Wales, proceeded through the pri vate waiting-room to the platform, where the s pecial train was drawn up. Before her Majesty entered the state saloon the Prince of Wales bade her fare' well and kissed his royal parent most affectionatelYr and also the princesses, who then entered the train• Her Majesty, who still adheres to her mourning robes, was most respectfully received by a large number of spectators at the station. Her Majesty was attended by Sir C. Phipps, S ir T. M. Biddulph, Lady Churchill, and the Hon. M r ' Robert Bruce. The train left the station at 1.3 4 p.m., amid the respectful salutations of the by standers. The Prince of Wales took his seat in t he carriage which had conveyed him to the station' and returned through the town to Frogmore, his departure from the terminus he was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. The train conveying be t fajesty and the princesses, on leaving Windsor, travelled along the narrow gauge rails of the Great Western to Basingstoke junction, to which station it was accompanied by Mr. Kelley, the train itself being drawn as far as this point by a narrow gaug e engine belonging to this company. Here, on it 3 arrival, the care of the royal train was handed over to Mr. Godson and the officials of the Seutn-Wesfe rll Railway, by which line the royal passengers Pro ceeded to the Royal Clarence Victualling YO a ' Gosport, where the Queen embarked on board the royal yacht, and proceeded to Cowes, en route fc r Osborne, which was reached about five o'clock il l the evening. The Queen is expected to return to Windsor in about 10 days' time, in order t° visit the Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales ig still progressing favourably, and the infant Prince is likewise going on well. Early yesterday morn" lug a rumour was current in Windsor that the Princess had had a relapse, and was not quite 5° well. This, however, was fortunately incorrect, 08 will be seen from the following official bullet/0 exhibited at Marlborough House : "Frogmore, Jan, 13, 11.30 e•f• " The recovery of her Royal Highness the Pil l ' cess of Wales is proceeding uninterruptedly. " The infant Prince is perfectly well. (Signed) " ARTILUR FARRE, The Vis"ountess St. Vincent ha s l e ft Br°W° fo Hotel, Dover -street. Lord Wodehouse returned to town yesterafilt from Copenhagen, whither his lordship proceeded a el l°r time sime on a special mission to the Danish Court. THE EMPEROR OF A USTRIA i s go i ng to 11311' gary, it is said, on the 2d of February. MR. THACKERAY'S DAUGHTERS have left La' don, and are now staying, it is reported, with attached friends at the Isle of Wight, close to Farneyf ordt the residence of the P oet Laureate. They must h a ve fe lt deeply the wide and unvarying t es timony to the goodn o as well as the literary sides, till it accumul a t es into such a moun tain of evidence to character as bears d own and for ever crushe s the car p ing eminence of their father borne on all and malignaat tongues that never spared Thackeray while he lived. It may be safely said of him that no worthy ob ject applied to him for helo and was refused ; that no worthy person that ever came to know that did not love him- The story on which he was engaged when prematurely cut off was from English history, the scene laid in the time Of Henry V., if we remember aright the author's own accoun t of it. He had long meditated and planned the 0 00 though he had only finished a part of it. ' THE SHAKESPEARE JUBILEE A CENTURY AGO.' The festival proper commenced with breakfast at th e Town hall at 9 o'clock, th e w hil e a fif e an d d rum band play e d favourite marches outside; the morning having been ushers in,according to Bosw e ll, w ith" a pleasing serenade byt he best musicians from London, in disguise." At 11, an oratorio called "Judith," the words by Bickerstaff and the music by Dr.Arne,was performed in the church, and met with universal applause. Boswell wi s h es that prayers had been read r ix a short sermon pr eac h e d. The procession from ale r . was led by Garrick. An elegant dinner was served at fe u o'clock, "not in the most precise order," says our corresll: dent. He appe ars t o h ave b een sat i s fi e d upon the svb ° however. 6 , The ordinary,with w i ne ( o f w hi c h I drank sire:e_ and madeira, both good), 108 Gd." After dinner Lord a d a venor, who seems to have been the chairman, prope 6 . tur bumper to the stewa r d, M r. G arr i c k (" whose be": 1 ; 1 8 ) exhibited the great es t po lit eness with the trues t liveliness and hilarity.") Th e nex t toast was to the mem ory °Lfil tb - " Bard, " to which was su bj o i ne d three cheers, at the iri st3llco /1 . of your humble s ervant , most h eartily. " ( O ur corresP" tio dent seems to have distinguished himself here.) Then performers in the orch es t ra gave catches an d g lees, e d proved to be so inspiring, that the whole audience J " in chorus ; the whole closing with " God save the -D -1 " every voice being ex er t e d. A t seven o ' clock t h e COirs TP:itiae withdrew to prep are f or th e ball, which opened for and closed about th ree ; " remarkable chlo'foisali the most elegant minuet that I ever saw I g oar' see, by Mrs. Garrick and Mr. --." 31 1', Ole rick, it may be remem b ered, had been forruer"folial' brated as Mademoi se ll e Vi eletti, a dancer a t the per opera-hou s e i n th e H aymarket. No wonder she give formed her minuet w e ll. A s to " Mr. C ,,, an lo"'" no information. Could h e h ave been Mr. 13 " -- Once a Week. SIR GEORGE GREY' S S AGA CITY.—dt i° said a ver : : heavy charge ag a i nst Sir G. Grey's personal aria city iu the admini s t rat i on of his duty t hat in a M OS bte portant caso he has s u ff ered the equityof to be needlessly i mpugned. It was open to him to hav e _.. iP c l quired into th e va l ue of the certificates proffered to have declined t o ac t upon the cer tificates of person s P oo , o ur judicial sy viously committed to an ex paste view. It was open le 13 s it to insist, in such a case as this, where a plea alreacl9o,oa. tried before a regulartribunal was virtually raised agl lo ld. a lunacy commission of the highest character whie h , e iie have held its sittings in public, and in which the pu`'' - t w as terest should have been properly represented. I N T a n,,, l u rdec his duty to satisfy the public that the penalty a' ` -. o al'S was not suspended without public proof _of the cr illa s uF' aberration of mind. We, indeed, know well that th: picion which prev a il s among the poorer c l as ses th w ith Townley has got off because he is a man of culln re b re y'e rich friends, has no justification in Sir George ir) s e c.- personal character. H e i s an excee di ng l y f ee ble 1 1 °'" 0; P1' retary, but, of c ourse , qu i te a b ove t h e i n i qu ity of e ta° been justice. Still, it is tolerably certain that had Tew nie e Y b a cl 4 a poor man, with ou t wea l t h an d i n fl uen ce at his bare many of these points i n hi s f avour might n ever ... been raised ; and it is quite certain that doublteioa should be taken to prevent even the slightest in3Pu t3 bv p er favouritism in the case of a man so s trongly backe d i t ,sen• sonal and local influence. Sir George Grey has' n° ,,," a void. double care, he has not even t a k en com mon care , r ho this impression. The Derbyshire magistrates exP, r ii c oug lit popular feeling when they say that his reprieve i 6 r j ar to show that tuere is one law for the poor and ano n a 7 3.. the rich. The popular impression is, and we cont.; fully share it, that Mr. Townley committed the tou r wi ns clear and sane a st a t e o f m i n d as it is pussiul o to n th at Bute to a very jeal o us man o f rat h er wea k characte r,an o lhid the subsequent stra i n o f 4 mout h s ' imprisonment us intellect only amounted to such a disturbance of his ri tura fly system as any man in his situation might not un' l3 , , ib ilitl experience. If this impression is false, the re s P °n prs ielf for its prevalence lies with Sir George Grey, wh o , c- vcs tigtv owed, it to the public to onsui ;t satisfactory Anixoey tion, and also to throw the proceedings of ,„d O f f Commission open to public criticism, instea d ° f sheltering himself behind the confessed prejtsclg v ln e do r sot three focal magistrates and two local surgeons' ireare wonder that a third of all the magistrates of PerbY no p re' indignant and demand a public inquiry w i t h song' , , i 0 sent at it whose duty it shall be to represent t'ac w ill e viden i c e ' oes ; rest. A Home Secretary beset with esePare ° i n crimie,,, a , uit to always be a wretched Judge of Appeal Jon • but even' among Home Secretaries it would be , s ore ' o' nocent_in sp st find less discretion, weaker judicial powers, an d `; :r 00:6 ° Grey, c r e ze o n r. t of the prisoner's friends than a, 111 th,T lllon T 1 1'1.4 of b a Th e f or tj iti etii half 1 44,E are i( oe4B ci e tie th at the It lece i th e ti tiott f ltj l'l `teke Steatii At li E 4tei Ce r 2 Z